The design encyclopedia / Mel Byars.

Main entry:

Byars, Mel.

Title & Author:

The design encyclopedia / Mel Byars.

Publication:

Description:

612 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This definitive encyclopedia covers all elements associated with decoration and design in eastern and western Europe, Australia, North and South America and Japan. Over 3000 entries form a compendium of designers, firms, movements, styles and materials in the design world from the 19th century to the present. Features lists of major design exhibitions and fairs worldwide, ranging from the 1851 Great Exhibition in London through the 1992 Seville Expo to a Pan-Russian Exhibition in Moscow in 1882. Every entry includes dates, biography, details of design education and influences, exhibitions and awards, an in-depth discussion of important designs plus a complete bibliography covering publications in all languages.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0471024554
9780471024552

Subject:

Design History 19th century Encyclopedias.
Design History 20th century Encyclopedias.
Decorative arts History 19th century Encyclopedias.
Decorative arts History 20th century Encyclopedias.
Designers Directories.
Decorative arts History 19th century Dictionaries.
Decorative arts History 20th century Dictionaries.
Design Enciclopedie.
Design Histoire 19e siècle Dictionnaires anglais.
Design Histoire 20e siècle Dictionnaires anglais.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 19e siècle Dictionnaires anglais.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 20e siècle Dictionnaires anglais.
Designers Biographies Dictionnaires anglais.
Design Histoire 19e siècle Encyclopédies.
Design Histoire 20e siècle Encyclopédies.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 19e siècle Encyclopédies.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 20e siècle Encyclopédies.
Designers Répertoires.
Decorative arts
Design
Designers
Industriële vormgeving.
Design 19e siècle Dictionnaires.
Design 20e siècle Dictionnaires.
Arts décoratifs 19e siècle Dictionnaires.
Arts décoratifs 20e siècle Dictionnaires.
Designers Encyclopedias.

Form/genre:

Encyclopedia
Directory
encyclopedias.
directories.
Dictionaries
Directories
Encyclopedias
History
Encyclopedieën (vorm)
Encyclopédies.
Répertoires.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104702
Call No.: NK1370 .B93 1994
Status: Available

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